Shomola given new house

Members of police in Kishoreganj on Saturday handed over a newly built house to 80-year-old Shomola Bibi, whose four sons had kept her in a cowshed outside their house for nearly two years.

The new house was constructed on her homestead that was built by her estranged husband in Shahedol Dakkhinpara village in Hossainpur upazila of Kishoreganj.

On September 14, upon receiving a written complaint from one of Shomola’s four daughters, Sub-Inspector (SI) Nizam Uddin of Hossainpur Police Station visited the spot and found the elderly woman living in the cowshed. The SI then detained her son Helal on the spot and took him in police custody for interrogation.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP, Hossainpur Circle) Mohammad Sunahor Ali Sharif and Sheikh Md Mustafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of the police station, visited the spot the same afternoon and assured her of building a new house for her.

On Saturday, ASP Sunahor and other police officials were present during the formal handover of the house.  

Among others, Masud Alam, member of Kishoreganj Zila Parishad; Saiful Islam, member of Shahedol Union Parishad; and Shomola’s four sons --Gias Uddin, Iman Uddin, Helal Uddin and Nizam Uddin were present on the occasion.

Speaking with this correspondent, ASP Sunahor said members of police raised Tk 65,000 to build the house and procure clothes for her and other necessary household items including a new bed and mattress.

A tearful Shomola praised the police members for such a noble act.